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Schloss Eggenberg Samichlaus Bier Helles

Schloss Eggenberg Samichlaus Bier Helles - Doppelbock

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 Percentile 
77
overall
Brewed by Brauerei Schloss Eggenberg
Style: Doppelbock

Vorchdorf, Austria

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
2443.34/5.03.33/5.0Winter14%60.8Dimpled mug, Stein, Stem glass
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Commercial Description:
Samichlaus is brewed once a year on December 6, and is aged for 10 months before bottling. It is one of the rarest specialties in the world. Samichlaus may be aged in the bottle for many years to come, as older vintages become more complex. Brilliant deep amber, complex dry toasted malt nose and huge intensely sweet palate. The 2007 bottling is the first bottling since 1986.
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 Collint (452), Sylva, North Carolina, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
Feb 25, 2008  
Bottle thanks TikiE. Poures a golden yellow with no head. Smells of banana and alcohol. Very alchoholish and sweet. Pretty good, not the best


 TikiE (360), Sylva, North Carolina, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Feb 25, 2008  
Wow, crazy beer! Pours golden color with no head. Smells and tastes of fruit and alcohol. Definitly an intense beer!


 SSSteve (2048), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Feb 22, 2008  
pours a clear light orange with almost no head. sweet, peachy, alcohol aroma. flavor is sweet sugary candy(cotton candy), peachy(hops), bready malts, and spicy. amazingly this stuff is fairly light bodied and covers the 14% perfectly for only being one year old. a must have for my beer stash i recently started. it’s been awhile, but i may have enjoyed this more than the regular sami.


 rajendra82 (698), Alpharetta, Georgia, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/105/516/20
Feb 21, 2008  
Red label Samichlaus Helles was picked up in a 12 oz., brown bottle, and poured into a goblet. The beer came out fizzy and developed almost no head, but the body was a crystal clear, pale gold. The smell was quite an fruity and alcoholic treat. Lots of pears, apples, and grapes on the nose, soaked in cognac. The taste was warm, sweet, and ... well it was hard to get past the sweet. The spices (anise and pepper), vanilla, and fruits were all drizzled in lots of powdered sugar. Some might find this level of sweetness cloying, but I found the strong countering by the drying alcohol a sufficiently palatable combination. As I got further along, some hop bitterness showed up as well. Very richly textured, and oh so warming. Some might consider this a good fireside sipper, but I’d be beware of igniting the vapors. Fits all the classic definitions of a cellarable a beer, and I sure will be stashing away some for a decade or more to get it to peak.


 topherh (889), Kearney, Missouri, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/105/55/103/513/20
Feb 21, 2008  
bottle poured a perfect golden with a little white head. Aroma is pilsener- like. Flavor is disappointing; very sweet, malt liquor like.


 goldtwins (4079), Nesconset, New York, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/514/20
Feb 18, 2008  
Bottle @ Liar’s Club Grand Opening. Poured a clear golden color with a small white head. Sweet fruity aroma with light notes of alcohol. Malty sweet flavor and estery. Warming with a medium-full body.


 uhre (339), Denmark
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/101/57/101/515/20
Feb 17, 2008  
Aroma malty and sweet, but first you smell the alcohol. No head and looks like a pilsner. The flavor is too sweet and too much alcohol. Perhaps it will be good to age it.


 Palidor19 (1750), Brandon, Florida, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/518/20
Feb 13, 2008  
Packs a powerful punch that does let go. The first sip hits you hard with with dark caramel malts. The nose and aroma will knock anything back. The only downside is a slight corn after taste. Get this, try it.



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